"He also appeared and spoke (albeit very briefly) in the 2014 movie ""Muppets Most Wanted"". He appears (and speaks on several occasions) in the new series ""The Muppets"" completely rebuilt as the original puppet from his ""Muppet Show"" days actually disintegrated on set during the filming of the 2015 music video ""Kodachrome"". Clifford, performed by Kevin Clash, was briefly made a member of the Electric Mayhem (as a percussionist) in 1990. His only appearances with the group were in the television special ""The Muppets at Walt Disney World"" and minor publicity material. Jim was featured in the original pilot episode"
"members were at this point unnamed. Also in 1979, Guest and McKean were members of Lenny and the Squigtones, a band that was fronted by characters from the hit television series ""Laverne and Shirley"". Guest, on guitar and clarinet, was credited as ""Nigel Tufnel"", the name he would eventually use as a member of Spinal Tap. The appearance on ""The TV Show"" eventually led to the creation of a film, tracing a disastrous tour undertaken by the aging British metal band Spinal Tap. Reiner hosted the film in the character of filmmaker ""Marty DiBergi"", while Guest, McKean and Shearer took"
"Bram, along with Eric Nagler, are joined by the curious and fun-loving antics of their pachyderm pal Elephant and such guest artists as Toller Cranston, Louis Del Grande, Jayne Eastwood, Murray McLauchlan, Chuck Mangione, Andrea Martin, The Nylons, and Jan Rubeš. Almost every episode contains a concert segment, featuring Sharon, Lois & Bram, Eric, and the Mammoth Band. They sing songs and help children with their problems (including arguments, fear, and the failure of plans). In most episodes, the group travels to a new location (such as a hospital, museum, or zoo). They occasionally stay home and have an adventure"
"The band performed a live five-song set at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on August 6, 2016. Dr. Teeth is the keyboard player and gravelly-voiced leader of the band. He is green-skinned and red-haired with a large grinning mouth of teeth including a gold tooth supposedly fashioned by melting down his gold records. He sports a scruffy red beard with no mustache, a fur vest, a striped shirt and a floppy purple top hat. He has arms so long that additional puppeteers are required to guide them; this design enabled Henson to work the Dr. Teeth puppet while"
"Mike and business partner Ted Mayhem, Beat Stevie, is an ""anything goes"" blog/music show also shown on Channel 4 in their 4Music late night strand. The episodes often include backstage footage and onstage hijinks. Events documented in the show have also been mentioned in the early songs of Example and Professor Green. The 'funeral' of Skinner's record label ""The Beats"" was shown on the channel, with the mixtapes of The Mitchell Brothers, Example and Professor Green being burnt in a fire of absinthe. Skinner had a cameo role in the fifth series of ""Doctor Who"" as a security guard, featuring"
"of his jams including the 14-minute ""Finale (Medley)"" on the 1993 Emerson, Lake & Palmer album ""Live at the Royal Albert Hall"" which also used musical themes from ""Blue Rondo à la Turk"", a jazz standard composed by Dave Brubeck. The English psychobilly band King Kurt covered this song on an EP called ""America"", released in 1986. The heavy-metal band Metallica incorporated a few bars from the song in the opening riff from their song, ""Don't Tread on Me"". The ""America"" melody again featured prominently in a 1986 jam with Paul Shaffer on ""Late Night with David Letterman"". Dr. Teeth"
"a one-time pressing CD of the album and has not released the album since. The quintet released a self-titled EP in February 2012. The EP was recorded throughout 2011. ""Lucius"" received several placements in TV shows including Grey's Anatomy and the MTV show . The press also took notice and the band did a Tiny Desk performance in January 2013. The Silver Sound Music Video Film Festival + Band Battle awarded the ""Go Home"" video as ""Best Animation."" Their song ""Until We Get There"" was also featured in Season 2 Episode 24 of the TV show New Girl. The band"
"and later preeminent position as a source for late evening national and international news and its value as a counterprogramming against ""Tonight"" and other late-night talk shows. As a result, in 2012, ""Nightline"" switched places on ABC's schedule with ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"". Despite its name, the show has not actually aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane. The show's house band is Cleto and the Cletones, led by saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III, a childhood friend of Kimmel. The other ""Cletones"" of the band are Cleto Escobedo Jr.,"
"the album title is a coincidence based upon an inside joke and has nothing to do with the popular film series. The band’s music has been used on ""Battlestar Galactica"", which aired on the NBC-owned Sci-Fi Channel. Their music was also used on ""Unhitched"", the 2008 comedy television show produced by the Farrelly Brothers. The band members appeared as extras on ""Unhitched"" in March 2008. The band has performed at world famous venues including the Viper Room, House of Blues, The Key Club, The Derby, Cat Club and the Mint. Beyond the band’s growing reputation as a live act and"
"having lead vocals. The song ""My Shadow"" was featured in the Season 6 ""Grey's Anatomy"" episode ""Shiny Happy People"". Supporting the ""Night Train"" EP, the band began on the Night Train Tour. which started with a show in Brixton, London at The Fridge on 12 May 2010. It then took the band through a series of Forest Shows, The tour includes a homecoming show at the Bedgebury Pinetum, just outside the band’s hometown of Battle. Also a Festival appearances in Europe followed with a tour of the USA/Canada, concluding with an appearance at the Mile High Festival in Denver. After"
"Cleto and the Cletones Cleto and the Cletones is the moniker of the ""house band"" on the ABC-TV late-night television program, ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"" (2003–present). Cleto Escobedo III is the leader of the sextet, and plays the alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones on the show, as well as occasionally singing both on camera and off (for comedy bits and other musical segments). He grew up as a neighbor of host Jimmy Kimmel in Las Vegas and after briefly attending UNLV, he joined the band Santa Fe (now Santa Fe and The Fat City Horns). Escobedo's big break came when Paula"
"fled to the 1960s where he became Dr. Max Jacobsen and invested in Beatle puzzles, time spanners and vintage cameras. Two songs featured on Radiohead's THMGLMOAT DVD are called ""When an Angel Tries to Sell You Something"" and ""Freak Juice"". Tripti Ensemble Crew The Tripti Ensemble Crew are an inter-dimensional, time-travelling puppet rock band from 'Parts (and times) Unknown' who appeared in 2 episodes of Radiohead Television and the subsequent DVD 'The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time' in 2004. They have since slipped into an unknown parallel universe. Their members were: MC Pi on vocals and time spanner;"
"vocals), Denis Littler (1976 to 1984 bass guitar and vocals) and Jeff Hill (1984 to 1996 and 1999 to 2007 bass Guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, electric guitar and vocals) Whilst never officially a member of the band, Alan Fawkes was a frequent guest--""he couldn't stand the drop in pay"" (dates unknown: woodwind instruments). They sing mainly English folk music, much of it in Lancashire dialect, and demonstrate an eclectic range of song subjects including ""The Blackpool Belle"" and ""Uncle Joe’s Mintballs"". They are best known for their BBC TV show ""Sit Thi Deawn"" (Lancashire dialect for ""have a"
"available in one ""Yearbook"" box set for $45.00. On May 22, 2011 it was announced that bassist and keys player Dan Perdue would be stepping down to pursue other interests. The band will still continue as Sleeping at Last, with Ryan O'Neal being the only permanent member. ""Yearbook"" songs ""Homesick"" and ""Watermark"" were featured in the ABC television show, ""Private Practice"" in Season 3 (2010), followed by """"Yearbook"""" songs ""Emphasis"" and ""Wires"" being featured on ""Private Practice"" in Season 4 (2011). ""Tethered"" (also on """"Yearbook"""") was featured in season 8 (2012) of the ABC television show ""Grey's Anatomy."" ""From the"
"their numerous appearances on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"", they have been seen as the house band on ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"", ""Pajama Party"" and Spike TV's Spike Guys' Choice Awards 2009 as well as appearances on ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"", ""The Late Late Show"", and ""Last Call with Carson Daly"". Finnerty wrote and performed the finale song for the NBC show ""Last Comic Standing"" and was a regular comedy correspondent on ""The Jay Leno Show"" and continued on as a correspondent on the new ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"" performing all original material for the show. In 2015,"
"The audio from the first episode in which they discuss how they found this fact is used as an introduction. Regular elves are Anna Ptaszynski, James Harkin, Dan Schreiber, and Andrew Hunter Murray, with occasional appearances from Alex Bell and Anne Miller. Dan is the host of the show. The theme song is ""Wasps"" from the band Emperor Yes, which is based on a fact about bees which was used on QI. The song is written as an exchange between the bees, as they defend their hive from attacking wasps by swarming the wasp, and using their body heat to"
"Stay Human (band) Stay Human is a band founded and led by American musician Jon Batiste. They are the house band for Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show ""The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"", which premiered on September 8, 2015. Jon Batiste met fellow musicians Joe Saylor and Phil Kuehn in 2004 while attending The Juilliard School. Batiste began performing in New York City in 2005 with Saylor and Kuehn as a trio with Kuehn on bass and Saylor on drums. They were joined by two more musicians: Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone and Ibanda Ruhumbika on tuba. They then became"
"such as 'Sturdy Girl', who was regularly asked to shake her head so that her hair would be hurled around whilst music played and the camera zoomed in and out. 'The Carpet Monster' was revealed in the ""Doctor Who"" Special to have been an extra, playing a deadly clown, in the Seventh Doctor story ""The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"". The most regular temporary stand-in presenters for Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin were Danny Baker (1993–4) and Dani Behr (1994–5). Baker stood in while Evans was working on the first series of ""Don't Forget Your Toothbrush"". Between 1992 and 2000,"
"Near the end of the show they performed the song they named 'The Top Gear Blues'. It was later renamed 'Sofa, Hyundai, Administration' and placed as a B-side on ""The Heart Never Lies"" single. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series ""Doctor Who"". The episode ""The Sound of Drums"", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne showing their support and trying to encourage others to ""Vote Saxon!"" in support of Mr Saxon (The Master played"
"successful concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 18 and 19 July. Also that month, the band was filmed by RPM Productions for the Channel 4 documentary series ""Play at Home"". Filmed in a café used by the band they recorded acoustic versions of two old songs, ""Stars Are Stars"" and ""Villiers Terrace"", as well as two new songs, ""The Killing Moon"" and ""Silver"", for their episode of ""Play at Home"" titled ""Life at Brian's"". After spending some time in Liverpool writing new songs for the album, the band recorded their sixth session for John Peel's radio show"
"musician Harry Connick, Jr. appeared in an episode as Woody's cousin and plays a song from his Grammy-winning album ""We Are in Love"" (c. 1991). John Cleese won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest appearance as ""Dr. Simon Finch-Royce"" in the fifth-season episode, ""Simon Says"". Emma Thompson guest starred as Nanny G/Nannette Guzman, a famous singing nanny and Frasier's ex-wife. Christopher Lloyd guest starred as a tortured artist who wanted to paint Diane. Marcia Cross portrayed Rebecca's sister Susan in the season 7 episode ""Sisterly Love"". John Mahoney once appeared as an inept jingle writer, which included a brief"
"song ""Ghosts"" from the band's debut album ""Reservoir"" featured in episode 6 of season 6 of ""Grey's Anatomy"". The band's 2007 single ""Fire Escape"" featured in episode 4 of season 6 of Fox's medical drama ""House"" on 12 October 2009. On 15 February 2010, the band made their US television debut appearance on the ""Late Show with David Letterman"" performing their single ""Harold T. Wilkins, or How to Wait for a Very Long Time"". They have subsequently also performed on ""Last Call with Carson Daly,"" and on French TV channel Canal Plus. Their song ""Atlas"" is featured on the of"
"by Graham Lister with his 'Lister's Luxury Meats'. The show would always end with Vic singing the song 'Mr Songwriter' although it was occasionally hijacked by other characters such as Bob or Graham Lister and at the end of the first season was performed as a rock and roll number. A one-off reunion show of the ""Big Night Out"" was performed in 2005 at the old Raymond Revuebar, now the Too2Much club, in London. It was filmed by Channel X, although there has been no news of what will happen to this recording. There is no sign that this will"
"Saturday Night Live Band The Saturday Night Live Band (referred to in the closing credits as The Live Band) is the house band of the NBC television program ""Saturday Night Live"" (""SNL""). The band has featured many studio musicians from New York, including Paul Shaffer (1975–1980), Lou Marini (1975–1983), David Sanborn (1975), Michael Brecker, Ray Chew (1980–1983), Alan Rubin (1975–1983), Georg Wadenius (1979–1985), Steve Ferrone (1985), and Tom ""Bones"" Malone, who served as leader of the band from 1981 to 1985. Guitarist G. E. Smith was director from 1985 until 1995. Drummer Matt Chamberlain (1991–1992) is a former member of"
"on the faculty at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. Kevin Stevens (musician) Drummer, Kevin Stevens (born January 24, 1971) is a freelance musician, bandleader, and clinician based in Los Angeles. He has played with the house band (Cleto and the Cletones) for ""Jimmy Kimmel Live!"", performed with Shakira on ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"", toured with Chilean popstar Beto Cuevas (La Ley), Neon Neon, actress/singer Minnie Driver, and was a member of the original cast for the Broadway musical / movie, ""Rock of Ages"". Kevin is also the leader/founder of the San Francisco-based Brass Monkey Brass Band. He is a graduate"
"Stefan Lessard, singer/guitarist Adam Gardner of Guster, and drummer Eric Fawcett of Spymob. To date, the band has played four shows, but they anticipate doing a short tour when work with their other bands permit. Yukon Kornelius is usually joined by special guests during their shows. Some special guests include Dee Snyder of Twisted Sister, Carl Bell (formerly of Fuel), Tyler Stewart, and other members of the Dave Matthews Band. Robertson also hosted three seasons of the 2006 television program called ""Ed's Up"" for OLN Canada in which he would fly his own plane to various locations and experience and"
"California when the show moved permanently to Burbank. He was often seen on the show when Carson played ""Stump the Band"", where studio audience members asked the band to try to play obscure songs given only the title. ""The Tonight Show"" had a live band for nearly all of its existence, and Ashworth played under three different band leaders: Skitch Henderson (who had previously led the band during ""Tonight Starring Steve Allen""; see photo), followed briefly by Milton DeLugg, then from 1967 to 1992 by Doc Severinsen (with Tommy Newsom filling in for him when Doc was absent). While playing"
"The Tonight Show Band ""The Tonight Show"" Band is the house band that plays on the American television variety show ""The Tonight Show"". From 1962 to the 1990s, during the years the show was known as ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"", the band was a 17-piece big band, and was an important outlet for jazz on American television. During the Carson era, the band was always billed as ""The NBC Orchestra"" (not to be confused with the NBC Symphony Orchestra) and sometimes ""Doc Severinsen and the NBC Orchestra"". The current Tonight Show Band is Philadelphia-native hip hop band The"
"and 2001 the band became regulars in the British music media with reviews and features appearing in magazines such as ""Kerrang!"", ""Metal Hammer"", ""Rock Sound"", ""NME"", ""Revolver"" and ""Q"" as well as being played on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC Radio 1 show and the John Peel show. The band also recorded live sessions for BBC Radio 1 and London-based Total Rock Radio. The band made brief appearances on television with their ""Stitch"" and ""Away or Dead"" videos being rotated on MTV2 and Kerrang! TV. They were also the subject of an MTV2 documentary that followed the band around as they"
"was hosted by Dr. Phil and his wife, Robin. However, since 2009 and for the remainder of its most recent run, the show had a single host. The 2013 edition featured Hugh Jackman as host and The Backstreet Boys as marquee performers, marking the first time in six years that a group has been featured as marquee performers. The show aired live on pay-per-view internationally and in most major cities, after which a re-edited 42-minute version (with commercials in a one-hour slot) aired on network television. In 2015, shortly after the Stevens' production company sold the rights to their companion"
"the permanent co-host. This arrangement continued for the first season. Every fourth episode would feature a guest such as Pat Francis, Scott Aukerman or Graham Elwood. Midway through the first season, the theme song was changed from a brief portion of an unnamed instrumental song by Jimmy's close friend Daver to ""Mad At The World"" by Daver, with sound bites from previous episodes mixed into the song. This three-man setup lasted for sixty episodes, including a clip show and two live shows recorded at the UCB Theatre. The show went through little change throughout the first season until episode sixty,"
"career they have been based in Europe, initially in the UK and then in Berlin. On 4 December 2006 they recorded an electronic, rock album, ""The Bedroom Demos"", using their mobile home studio, while staying in London and in the North of England. For the album Fuzz Townshend supplied drums with Sharon Turley, David's sister, guested on cello for a track and Zanna Evans appeared on harp for another track. MTV used a number of their songs, including ""Closer"", which was chosen as the theme song in the TV series, ""The Hills"". At the beginning of 2007, they toured in"
"heard on the ""Extreme Championship Wrestling"" television programs from 1997 to 2008. Even remained part of the band's rotating live lineup and subsequent style changes that would include current and former members of Raging Slab, Murphy's Law, The Uptown Horns, Zebra, Riot, The John Entwistle Band, Frehley's Comet and others. Even performed live with The Slashtones until 1995, when his need for back surgery forced him to step down from the group for a time. He would return to the stage with them in 1997 and once more in 1998. Even remained a fixture in The Slashtones rotating studio recording"